With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Game still hot on shelves, then next gaming issue for the Transformers Universe has just been announced! Read the rest of this entry »
This Longarm is a Mini-Con that belongs to the ‘Giant Planet Mini-Con Team‘. This group seems to align on the side of destruction and the Decepticons, which is fairly fitting, considering how Longarm here is mainly green with a touch of purple as his main colours, much like the Constucticons of G1 fame (*).
The Transformers Classics series are up-dated version of popular characters from the Transformers 1980’s toy ranges.
Until this run of toys came along, Bumblebee had been missing off the roster of characters for quite a while (since his character has featured prominently in both the Live Action Movies and the Animated cartoon series). The original toy was very simple in construction and therefore I think it is nice to see newly constructed figure for this classic character. Is he up to standard? Read the rest of this entry »
I was recently asked just how many Transformers Mini-Spies there are. All I could say was that it depends on how you count them… Read the rest of this entry »
Who out there saw those first pics of Animated Optimus Prime’s deluxe figure, with his Ion Axe slung over his shoulder and didn’t almost immediately begin to think of red flannel shirts and start to hum Monty Python’s ‘Lumberjack Song’? – no-one? so it was just me was it… Read the rest of this entry »
It was a bold plan by Hasbro to rekindle their flagging sales figures in 1990 – ‘Lets make super-poseable TV accurate Transformers that don’t Transform!” someone says – “But we can’t call them Transformers if they don’t transform” says someone else – ‘Ah, hadn’t thought of that.” says the first, “What if we give them vehicles and guns that transform?” – “You mean like Targetmasters? hmm, worked before…” Read the rest of this entry »
Anyone who’s read the original Marvel UK Transformers stories should be aware that Swoop was forced to take a new name when his original was stolen by his nemesis (literally) the once unnamed, now named Predacon Divebomb (What’s in a Name?). Now it would seem that some-other unnamed opponent has not only stolen Swoop’s name, but also an imperfect clone of his body as well!

















































